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Lepicerus

Flowers, Wills;Shepard, William D.;Mera, Roberto Troya

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Lepicerus is a genus of myxophagan beetles containing three described species in the family Lepiceridae; it is the only extant genus in the family, with another genus, Lepiceratus only known from fossils. Extant species occur in the Neotropics, from Mexico south to Venezuela and Ecuador. Fossils referrable to the genus are known from the early Late Cretaceous of Southeast Asia.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderColeoptera
  5. FamilyCurculionidae

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
3
With media
19
Family
Lepiceridae
Collections
FMNH, NHMUK
Recorded in
Myanmar

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Lepiceridae
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Lepicerus inaequalis.jpg
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Species
  • Extinct Lepiceridae genera
  • References
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Lepicerus is a genus of myxophagan beetles containing three described species in the family Lepiceridae; it is the only extant genus in the family, with another genus, Lepiceratus only known from fossils. Extant species occur in the Neotropics, from Mexico south to Venezuela and Ecuador. Fossils referrable to the genus are known from the early Late Cretaceous of Southeast Asia.

==Species== Lepicerus bufo Lepicerus inaequalis Lepicerus pichilingue

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